Sideview mirror system for a vehicle

A side-view mirror system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

• a rearview-focused camera, the rearview-focused camera being disposed on a side of a vehicle and being arranged to capture a field of view that is rearward of the vehicle;
• a passenger compartment, including an operator seat, an operator monitoring device arranged to monitor an operator disposed in the operator seat, and a display screen viewable by the operator;
• and
• a controller, in communication with the display device, the rearview camera, and the operator monitoring device;
• wherein the controller includes executable code, the executable code being operative to:
• capture, via the camera, an image of the field of view that is rearward of the vehicle,
• detect, via the operator monitoring device, a present direction of an eye gaze of the operator disposed in the operator seat,
• determine an operating mode, and
• display, via the display screen, a portion of the image of the field of view that is rearward of the vehicle, wherein the portion of the image of the field of view is determined based upon the operating mode and the present direction of the eye gaze of the operator.

A side-view mirror system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

• a first rearview-focused camera, the first rearview-focused camera being disposed on a left side of a vehicle and being arranged to capture a field of view that is rearward of the left side of the vehicle;
• a second rearview-focused camera, the second rearview-focused camera being disposed on a right side of a vehicle and being arranged to capture a field of view that is rearward of the right side of the vehicle;
• a passenger compartment, including an operator monitoring device arranged to monitor an operator, and a display screen viewable by the operator;
• and
• a controller, in communication with the display screen, the first rearview camera, the second rearview camera, and the operator monitoring device;
• wherein the controller includes executable code, the executable code being operative to:
• capture, via the first rearview camera, a first image of the field of view that is rearward of the vehicle,
• capture, via the second rearview camera, a second image of the field of view that is rearward of the vehicle,
• execute fusion of the first image and the second image;
• detect, via the operator monitoring device, a present direction of the eye gaze of the operator disposed in an operator seat,
• determine an operating mode, and
• display, via the display screen, a portion of the fusion of the first image and the second image, wherein the portion of the image of the field of view is determined based upon the operating mode and the present direction of the eye gaze of the operator.